Two in three people with chronic pain turn to comfort eating

Most individuals living with sickle cell disease who presented to the emergency department with a pain crisis, known as vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC), were not triaged appropriately according to established national guidelines, reveals a study published today in Blood Advances.

An under-recognized strep bacterium is causing a growing number of serious infections in Australia, with First Nations Australians disproportionately affected, according to new research published in The Lancet Microbe.

Thousands of residents in Dubbo and Wellington, in western New South Wales, haven't had fluoride added to their tap water for nearly seven years.

YouTube has become a favorite platform for many people with mental health problems. It is a place where they can share their own experiences and discuss different aspects of living with a diagnosis.

Advice about cutting down on dopamine is everywhere right now. From "dopamine fasting" to "anti-dopamine parenting" and even "raw-dogging" flights (going without any screens, books or music), TikTok influencers claim these practices have rewired their brains.

The suspected causes of Alzheimer's disease are diverse, and its cures are, today, nonexistent.

According to a study by researchers at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), time-restricted feeding can have a positive impact on athletes in terms of both their health and performance. The effects of time-restricted eating—where food intake is permitted within a restricted window ranging from 3–4 to 10–12 hours—have been widely studied in the general population, where they have been shown to increase life expectancy, but there is little evidence of its positive effects on high-performance athletes.

Australian researchers have discovered that an anti-inflammatory drug already being used to treat rheumatoid arthritis could dramatically improve recovery from heart attacks. The work is published in the journal Cardiovascular Research.

Cancer survival rates have improved over three decades as cancer mortality rates decline, according to new data published today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

One in every 250 men will develop testicular cancer in their lifetime, and the numbers are increasing. The good news: It's very treatable if caught early and treated correctly.

Research led by the Karolinska Institutet reports that offspring of parents with mental disorders face increased mortality, with the highest risks for unnatural deaths and when both parents had diagnoses.

Earlier in 2025, the Trump administration approved $900 billion in sweeping cuts to Medicaid, the publicly funded health program for low-income families and people with disabilities. Democrats are now demanding that Republicans address some of their concerns about patients who rely on safety-net health care programs, which has led to a deadlock in Washington over a federal spending plan and the ongoing government shutdown.

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has floated a seismic idea: adding autism to the list of conditions covered by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

The prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is approximately two times higher in African Americans (AA) compared to white/European-ancestry (EA) individuals living in the U.S. Some of this is due to social determinants of health such as disparities in health care access and quality of education, biases in testing and higher rates of AD risk factors such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes in those who identify as African American.

When a big storm hits, Peninsula Hospital could be underwater.

Concussions and traumatic brain injuries (TBI) have been considered a potential cause of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

Every day, patients with an upcoming operation roll up their sleeves for blood tests or get heart and lung tests and scans.

Menopause before the age of 45 (known as early menopause) is associated with an increased risk of an array of serious diseases, including cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis. A new study suggests that it may also force women out of the workforce prematurely, although carefully timed hormone therapy may help women remain employed.